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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

paracaval en · ADJ

Etymology

From para- + caval.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Beyond or next to the vena cava
    • For post-operative patients, the target volume for RT included the tumour bed, anastomosis, gastric remnant (pT3-T4), and regional draining lymph nodes (e.g., para-aortic and paracaval lymph nodes, celiac axis, splenic artery and hepatic artery). 2015 August 20, Guichao Li et al., “Radiation-Induced Liver Injury in Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy (3D-CRT) for Postoperative or Locoregional Recurrent Gastric Cancer: Risk Factors and Dose Limitations”, in PLoS ONE, volume 10, →DOI: